Knockdown building



Sept. 4, 1962 H. L. FELLERS KNOCKDOWN BUILDING Filed July 20, 1959 INVENTOR.

WW LIKQZT //0 word 4. Fe//e/' s ATTORNEY United rates Patent Ofifice 3,052,291 Patented Sept. 4, 1962 3,952,291 KNOCKDOWN BUILDING Howard L. Fellers, 2315 Galveston Road, Houston, Tex. Filed July 20, 1959, Ser. No. 828,123 Claims. (Cl. 16090) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a knockdown building.

It is an object of this invention to provide a building comprising a series of interlocking frames, loosely mounted in channel irons, for forming a building that is readily erected or dismantled.

It is another object of the invention to provide a novel building having a series of interlocking frames in which plastic windows and plastic screen are mounted to provide Weather proof shelter and to provide means for ventilating the shelter, if desired.

Many house trailers presently are parked on concrete slabs of considerably greater area than the trailer, and additional rooms on the trailer are desirable. It is an object of this invention to provide a building which may be constructed on such a slab as an additional room for such a trailer, and that may be readily dismantled when it is desired to move the trailer.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts more particularly defined in the following specifications and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the building, with a structure to which it is attached shown in dotted lines.

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational view of a frame mounted in the top and bottom channel irons.

FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view, in cross section, taken on the line 3-3 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 4 is a top view, in cross section, taken on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 5 is a top view, in cross section, taken on the line 55 of FIGURE 2, and

FIGURE 6 is a cross sectional top view of the corner structure employed.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the male side of the frame, which may be constructed of any suitable material, such as aluminum, and which is connected to the female side 2 by means of the cross members 3, 3.

The side member 1 is formed in a channel shape, having one side margin inwardly turned as at 7 which reinforces this edge and locks the spacing member 8 in position. The side member 2 is formed as by bending a sheet of aluminum so that each side margin is inwardly overturned forming reinforcing strips as 9, 9 and is bent to form the inside channel It in which a spacing member 11 is mounted. A suitable sash 4- is fixedly mounted in the channel of the member 1 and the inside channel of the member 2, and a suitable window, such as transparent plastic panels 5, may be mounted in the upper portion thereof by means of the usual wire fastening means 12 and a screen such as a plastic screen panel 6, may be mounted in the lower portion thereof. A movable sash 13 is mounted adjacent the sash 4 and a suitable window, such as the transparent plastic panel 16, may be mounted therein as by the usual wire fastening means 15. The spacing means 8, 11 maintain the sashes tightly in position but are sufficiently yieldable to permit ready movement of the movable sash.

In constructing the building, the lower channel iron 17 is mounted where the building is desired, and the upper channel iron 14- is temporarily supported in position by any suitable means (not shown) and the frames are mounted in the respective upper and lower channel irons,

with the male side 1 of each frame being mounted in the channel 9 in the female side 2 of the adjoining frame.

Corner members, as 18, are formed of any suitable material such as aluminum sheets, and are bent to form a female member, as the double walled channel 19, and the male side 20. The ends of the corner members are mounted in the upper and lower channel irons 14, 17 and the channel 19 will receive the male end of the abutting frame on one side and the female side of the abutting frame on the other side will be joined to the corner by the male member 20.

A suitable top of any desired design may be employed, such as the aluminum awning 21, and if desired, a caulking material may be employed to seal the lower channel 17 to the foundation on which it is mounted, and the upper channel iron 14 with the top employed.

After the frames are in place in the channel irons, the frames will provide the necessary rigidity to form the walls of the structure. When it is desired to move the building, the top is removed, and starting with one corner, the corner as 18 is removed, and each panel readily drawn out of the channel irons 14, 17 until the building is completely dismantled. The frames being of the usual window frame size, are readily and easily stored, and the channel irons 14, 17 may be of a desired length so that they also may be easily stored, such as in a house trailer.

When placing the frames in the channel irons, the position of the screened panel 6 may be alternated with the position of the window panel 5, so that upper and lower ventilation over the entire building may be realized.

While the foregoing is considered a preferred form of the invention, it is by way of illustration only, the broad principle of the invention being defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a building, an upper and lower channel iron, frames mounted in said channel irons, said frames having their respective ends bent forming a female side member and a male side member movable into interlocking relation with adjoining frames, said frames having an upper and lower fixed sash and a vertically movable sash mounted therein parallel with said fixed sashes and having yieldable vertical spacing means bearing against one face of said movable sash maintaining said sashes in position the outer end margin of the male member being bent inwardly over one edge of the spacing means, locking the spacing means in place.

2. In a knockdown building, an upper and a lower channel iron, frames mounted in said channel irons, one side member of said frames being bent forming a male member and the other side member of said frames being bent forming a female member, sashes mounted in said frames, yieldable spacing means bearing against said sashes, one margin of said male member being bent inwardly to overlap and lock said spacing means in position therein, corner members mounted in said upper and. lower channel members at the respective ends thereof and said corner members having a male side member and a female side member at a right angle to the male side member receiving the cooperating side members of the adjoining frames.

3. In a building, an upper and lower channel, a plurality of frames mounted in said channels, each of said frames having one vertical side member shaped to receive the other vertical side member of an adjacent frame, two vertically aligned fixed sashes and one vertically movable sash in parallel alignment with said fixed sashes, said side members being channeled and receiving said vertically aligned fixed sashes and the vertically movable sash, and a yieldable spacing member between said sashes and one face of said frame.

4. In a building, an upper and lower channel memher, a plurality of frames mounted in said members, fixed and movable window sashes mounted in said framework, one vertical margin of each of said frames forming a male member by bending said margin into a channel, the other margin of each of said frames forming a female member by bending said margin into a double channel, one channel of said female member cooperating with the channel of the male member and receiving two fixed window sashes and one vertically movable window sash, yieldable spacing means bearing against one of said sashes, the outer end margin of said male member being bent inwardly overlapping and locking said yieldable spacing means in place and the other channel of said female member receiving the male member of an adjoining frame.

5. In a building, an upper and lower channel member, a plurality of frames mounted in said members and window sashes mounted in said frames, one vertical margin of each of said frames forming a male member by bending said margin into a channel, the other margin of each of said frames forming a female member by bending said margin into a double channel, one channel of said female member cooperating with the channel of the male memher and receiving two fixed window sashes and one vertically movable window sash, yieldable spacing means on the male member bearing against said removable sash, said male member having means for locking said spacing means in position, and the other channel of said female member receiving the male member of an adjoining frame and corner frames comprising a vertical member bent to for a channel receiving the male member of one adjoining frame and bent to form a male member at a right angle to the said channel received by the female member of another adjoining frame.

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